Cuff-holder.



P. G. OTTINGER. our? HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16, 1908.

91 3,761 Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

witnuaeo QUFF-HOLDER.

Specification oi Letters I-otonb.

Patented March 3, 11909.

Application filed July 16, 1908. Serial No. 1%,?19.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that l, Pixrnos C. O'mmonn, :i citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta. in the county of Fulton and Stain 5 of Georgia, have invented certain now and useful Improvements in ijliii-lllllll'5, oi

which in folloi-ving is a s wciiicotion. rolioo once being had to the accompanying drowings.

This inve. tion relates lo illipl'OvilliPlllfs "in cuff holders or devices for :lnsloning down-in o'ols cuffs to the shirt slooves.

The object of tho invention is to PlOYillU o simple and pioctiosil dovico oi [his charm 31 for especially adapted "for use in conneciion with link or cross bar cull buttons and to provide one which may be easily attached to and romovod from he ouli and which will I .oiioctively hold ihe lotto! in on ndjuslod position upon 'l'llB shirtsleeve.

With the above and other objects in VlGW, he invention consists of the novel features of construoiion and the COH'llJiDl'ilOll nod an rang'oi nont of Paris iioi oinoi folly (is 5 scribed and claimed, and lilo. ntod in 'lho nooompooying drawings, in Wlllfll1-- Figure .1 is a viow shown'ig. the uppiiciition of the inveniion lo a, coil; l ig. is

- iiorspoolivo view of ihe holder; and Fig and 4: are detail longitudinal and h'ansi'si'so sectional views through the spring; clasp. in the drawings 1 denotes a coil having link-ion holes 2 adjacent to iis corners; do

noios an ordimn'y link or cross lllll (:nii' link 1 ion, and 4 donoies llU iznpi'ovod col? holder.

The holder cons is of a body ban 5 hm a sleeve angagmg dos; ii at on-o end :gnd a ouii engaging it oml.

l l l moons at its oppos Said cufiiengn Ling moons consists ofo cross 48 ban 7 rigidly seoiii'od oh ii? oonior to oend of th s body bar 5 right angles lo the sumo and it (:iliYd lgingitudinally and provided at its two ends with spherical heads 8.

The latier mo adopted'to be inserted in hot.-

-5 ton holes 2 at the inner ond of 'l'ho ou'li, as

clearly shown in Fig. Ti and tends to unite said inner ends or corners While the onto!- ends or corners on; united by the coil hut- 'o l 53-13: .Zi-ho olosp 6 consists of two pivoted jaw members 9, 10 each of which is constructed from a single oiece of mofial plate and has at one and :1 finger piece 11 and at points inlm'modiato its ends aperturod bearing ears l2 whicl are bent up from the opposite sides oi llio nioinl pinto. The OPPOSiiG ends oi the nivlnboi's 5), 10 are provided with co-ociing jaws 1 3, 1-1 of fifillll itllfif'lllili' form. Said jowsni-o I'lnl and have inwardly projecting flanges i5 which l'oloscopo each other, the jaw l l lining oi. slightly loss dimnoici? than the jaw 13 as clearly shown in i110 drawings. Tho spaced homing cars 12 oil the two momliors have lhoii' poi'lm'os in rogislor to 1'8- coivo a pivot 16 ioii'nod. by reducing one end oi tho body bill" o to provide an annular stop shoulder 17. Said members are retained upon the pivot '16 by upsolting the outer end of ihe latter, as shown at 18. A coil spring 1.9 surrounds the pivot botweon l l lfi bearing cars 12 and has its two ends 20 hearing against the inner faces of tho ill'lgllfi pieces 1.1 so to force tholatl'or apart and the inws l3, l-l iogelilxoi.

liy oonstiuoi'ing l'leo jaws ifio (clasp is sol, 'loilih, it will be soon that ihoy Wiil oiiec'o ivoly engage. (ho siiiib sleeve Wiihont porn'iitting the clasp lo slide 11 9011 the some and Without danger of looting tho sleeve.

Having l'hns dosmrihod tho invention what is claimed is:

The heroin described cnii' holder oon'iprisinn" o straight body boy 5 formed all one end wii ho zorlni'wod cylindrical portion 16 to provii'lo llio siop slionldi'n' 1'? cnii' on oging moans uloilioi' 0nd of the. body our a spring jaw clasp consislinf of two jaw monicool! '[llUVlili'li'l ill, one mil with a liiigor A and at 31s olhoi' end Willi :1 jaw, the iino:rmodinio POIilOllS oi said members being bent :0 form spaced iipoi'i'ni'od pivot cow; (0 receive the reduced cylindrical poriion 16 of ilIG holly bar, the ears of one member being adopted to enter bei'ween the cars of the other and one of the ears of the last mentioned member being odziplod to engage said shoulder 17, said mmnhors being retained upon tho portions 16 of the body hair by upsot-ting or heading the end 1.8 of said portion 1% tho jaws of said members being oi fiat circular shape and having their outer edges 1 of the finger ieces of the members to force formed with continuousinwardly projecting their jaws toward each other. 10 flanges, the flange on one jaw being adapted In testimony whereof X hereunto afiix my to enter the flange upon the other, and a coil i signature in the presence of two witnesses. spring arranged upon the reduced portion PETRGS G. @TTINGEIR.

16 of the body bar between the pivot ears I Witnesses:

of the jaw members and having its free ends 'W. A. GHEESLING,

bearing against the inner or opposing feces i Joe. A. Devi.v 

